126 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



(Chapman) ; July 26th, 1903, at St. Martin Vesubie (Rowland-Brown) ; 

 July 28th, 1904, at the foot of the Grand Saleve ; July 29th-31st, 1905, 

 quite worn, at Gresy-sur-Aix ; August 3rd-5th, 1905, in fine condition, 

 at Bourg St. Maurice; August 19th, 1905, at Chatillon, quite over(Tutt); 

 August 3rd, 1905, at Gavarnie (Turner. British records — August 15th, 

 1832, at Durdle Cove, near Lulworth Cove (Dale) ; August 2nd, 1847, at the 

 Burning Cliff (Stevens) ; July, 1849, at the Burning Cliff (Douglas) ; fine 

 at end of July, 1858, worn and over at end of July, 1864, at Lulworth Cove, 

 etc. (Blackmore) ; July 27th, 1867, at Lulworth (Dale) ; imagines bred 

 July 14th -18th, 1873, from wild-captured larvre (Buckler) ; July 12th- 

 19th, 1877, at a place 15 or 16 miles east of Lulworth Cove (Goss); June 

 20th- September 4th, 1879, at Lulworth (Dale) ; June 16th-July 22nd, 

 1884, also bred July 15th from larva3 collected in spring; July 16th- 

 August 5th, 1885, July 5th, 1886, August 4th, 1887, September 8th and 

 11th, 1888, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; throughout August to 

 September 13th, 1888, at Lulworth (Dale) ; July 13th- August 1st, 

 1889, June 21st, 1890, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes); August 2nd- 

 September 6th, 1890, at Sidmouth (Wells) ; early August, 1891, at 

 Swanage (Alderson) ; July 31st, 1891, at Swanage (Raynor) ; July 

 8th-15th, 1892, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; well out in the 

 Swanage district on July 12th, 1892, and continued to emerge up 

 to August 8th or 10th (Bright) ; July 15th, 1892, at Swanage 

 (Mackonochie) ; July 26th- August 5th, 1892, at Swanage (Alderson) ; 

 July 29th and August 1st, 1892, at Swanage (Bloomfield) ; earlv in 

 August, 1892, near Honiton (Riding) ; July 28th-August 13th, 1892, 

 at Burning Cliff ; August 3rd, 1892, at Lulworth (Claxton) ; May 31st- 

 July 28th, 1893, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; end of July, 1893, 

 worn, at Weymouth (Claxton) ; several good ones, August 16th, 1893, 

 at Swanase (Bergman) ; from August 6th, 1894, at Swanage (Dobree- 

 Fox); June 13th- July 25th, 1894, June 20th- July 23rd, 1895, June 

 23rd-July 13th, 1896, June 12th-25th, 1897, in the Isle of Purbeck 

 (Bankes) ; mid-July, 1897, at Swanage (Bayne) ; August 4th, 1897, 

 worn specimens at Sidmouth (Studd) ; August 2nd, 1898, worn, at 

 Sidmouth (Raynor) ; at Swanage, first fortnight in August, 1898 

 (Henderson); July 18th, 1899, abundant at Sidmouth (Studd); July, 

 1899, at Swanage (Robertson) ; August 1st, 1899, and following days, 

 at Swanage (Kemp); July 10th, 1901, at Swanage (Robertson) ; July 

 16th, 1902, at Swanage (Ford) ; July 21st, 1902, at Swanage (Vinall) ; 

 June 19th, 1904, locally common at Swanage (Rothschild); August, 

 1904, at Swanage (Image) ; July 15th-August 27th, 1904; July 20th- 

 29th, 1905, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes); July 14th, 1905, at 

 Swanage (Young) ; July 21st, 1905, abundant at same place (Bell). 



Habits. — The habits of this species are not unlike those of Advpaea 

 lineola and A. jlava, except that it appears to be a distinctly swifter- 

 winged and more restless species than either of them, especially if the 

 sun be really hot ; it also appears to be much fonder of flowers than 

 these, although it rests and suns itself in a similar manner. In many 

 respects, the imagines remind one of the rapidly-moving Urbicola comma, 

 chasing one another from flower to flower after resting for hardly a 

 moment in the hot sun, following each other through the long grass 

 or hunting away an approaching A. jlara or A. lineola. When 

 sunning, it rests with the hindwings somewhat inclined from the 

 horizontal, the forewings slightly folded along the inner margin and 



